Honorary Chairman
James Kiernan
James T. Kiernan was formerly President of Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. and, prior thereto, a senior member of the Fixed Income Group of Goldman Sachs & Co. in London, where his account coverage responsibilities included the development of significant institutional relationships with Lloyd’s of London, Crown Agents, Morgan Grenfell, NM Rothschilds, Klienwort Benson, and Greek shipping interests.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts at Brown University and his Master of Business Administration at Harvard University. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of The Montreal Exchange, the American Friends of Canada, and the Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (1990-1992), as well as Chairman of its Capital Markets Committee.
Managing Partner & Executive Chairman
Jean-François Sauvé
Jean-François Sauvé has over 40 years of experience in the financial industry. He began his career at Barclays Bank in Toronto then, subsequently joined McLeod Young Weir Limited (later ScotiaMcLeod Inc. and then Scotia Capital Markets). In 1993, became a Director of the Corporate and Government Finance Department.
In 1998, he was named President of Pictet Canada L.P., where he was responsible for the North American operations of Pictet & Cie. Mr. Sauvé is also a principal advisor to a major European family office. He is Chairman of the Sauvé Foundation. He completed his degree in Business Administration at l’école des Hautes études Commerciales (HEC Montréal) and later earned an MBA at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
Managing Partner & CEO
Cédric Garnier-Landurie
Cédric Garnier-Landurie has extensive experience in the investment banking and investment management industry through management, investment, and operational roles. He was the founder and head of the agriculture practice at Cordiant Capital and assumed the CEO role in 2025.
Previously, he was as an investment banker at Cheverny Capital, a merchant banking boutique, where he focused on transactions in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector, as well as food & food retail, engineering and industrials, and financial services. He has broad experience in origination, M&A, and structuring of both debt and equity financings, investing across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. He is also an investor for a major European industrialist family office, covering private asset classes.
Mr Garnier-Landurie was a founding member and the Chief Revenue Officer of Knox Industries a first-generation digital asset risk management company offering insured digital asset custody solutions and insured infrastructure. Knox was backed by Fidelity Investments, Initialized Capital, and iNovia Capital.
Cédric was part of the group that acquired Cordiant in 2015, from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and critical to its evolution to a sector focused firm. He has spearheaded the development of the Agriculture Value Chain strategies, with initiatives in both private credit and private equity, spanning row crops to permanent crops on a global scale. Cédric currently serves on the boards of six portfolio companies.
Mr Garnier-Landurie holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours in Investment Management from McGill University (Canada) and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Chairman – Digital Infrastructure
Steven Marshall
Prior to joining the Investment Manager, Mr Marshall was President of American Tower Corporation – US Tower Division. Whilst serving as President, AMT pioneered the network neutral telecommunications infrastructure model in the United States, Germany, France and 12 other countries in both communication towers and combinations of towers and fibre.
Mr Marshall had a material influence on making AMT the company it is today – the largest network neutral telecommunications infrastructure company in the world with a market capitalisation of over US$100 billion.
Prior to AMT, he built National Grid Wireless into the largest network neutral tower infrastructure provider in Europe. Subsequently sold to private equity interests, it became the core of Arqiva. He also developed and ran a US$1.5 billion fibre network in Brazil owned jointly by National Grid, France Telecom and Sprint. Most notable amongst his many acquisition and divestiture activities was his overseeing and the integration of leading two US$5 billion acquisitions whilst at AMT.
Mr Marshall is Chairman of Next Gen Access UK (a long-distance fibre developer) as well as Chairman of Paradigm Infrastructure, an African Tower Developer. Mr Marshall holds a BSc (Hons) in Building and Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester, as well as an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom.
Managing Director, Head of ESG & Impact
Lori Trotter
Lori Trotter has 25+ years experience in the investment industry and is a long-time member of the Cordiant team, having previously overseen the office of the Chairman.
Over the years, Lori’s responsibilities have grown to include oversight of the Communications, Investor Relations and ESG & Impact functions. She began her career as a Procurement Officer in a large tech company and was responsible for negotiating and administering long-term contracts with international suppliers.
Lori has a B.A. from McGill University.
Managing Director, Energy Transition Direct Lending
Emmanuel Braoudakis
Emmanuel Braoudakis brings over 17 years of investment banking and principal investing experience to Cordiant.
He joined Cordiant in 2022 from GE Energy Financial Services, where he spent more than a decade working on equity investments and debt financings in the power sector across the globe. Prior to GE Emmanuel worked at Standard Chartered in the Project Finance team focused on power and renewables, and he started his career at RBC Capital Markets in Debt Capital Markets. Emmanuel holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and is a CFA charterholder.
Managing Director, Infrastructure Credit
Haig Bezian
With more than 20 years of experience in global financing and private equity—including senior roles at Barclays Capital and Brookfield Financial—Haig brings deep expertise in complex real asset transactions and capital solutions.
Haig was previously with DigitalBridge, where he led capital markets activities across Europe. During his tenure, he completed over €10 billion in financings across acquisitions, developments, and refinancings, while also contributing to global corporate development initiatives.
At Cordiant, he will play a pivotal role in managing the firm’s existing credit portfolios and shaping the evolution of its Infrastructure Direct Lending strategies.
Working closely with teams in Montreal, London, and São Paulo, Haig will also be instrumental in advancing Cordiant’s credit franchise, which is focused on mission-critical infrastructure and real assets. Haig holds a master’s degree from KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux.
